Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. in temperature. Temperature for twen- | Fair tonight and tomorrow; no change ! ] ty-fur hurs ended at 2 p.m. t Highest, 80, at 3:45 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 64, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 32. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively estitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this AUl rights dispatches paper and also the local news published herein. of publication of special ™ berein are also reserved. . = | Yesterday’s Circulation, 87,856 - No. 28,642, post office Wasl Entered as second-class matter - hington, D. C. ‘ ~ TWO CENTS. TURKS HALT ADVANCE ON.BRITISH| AS HARINGTON SEEKS PARLEY; "GREEKS TO EXILE CONSTANTINE emmed in on Straits,|More U.S.S hips Ex-King Still Prisoner, English Face War or | Peace Crisis. _RUSH PREPARATIONS TO DEFEND FRONT London Shows Alarm as Troops and Warships Move On. ociated Press LONDON, September 39.—The Rritish government Ras sent_a vir- to Mustapha Kemal t leave the Chanak zone. By the Associated Prese, CONSTANTINOPLE, September 29. #Mustapha Kemal Pasha, replying to Gen. Harington's telegram of Wed- nesday, has sent a message declaring his troops would not advance further. . e says he desires that no incident +should occur and that he will see Brig. Gen. Harington, commander-in- chief of the British forces, as soon as possible. ¢ Gen. Harington plans to leave this afternoon for a conference with Mus tapha Kemal Pasha, probably at Mudania; on the sea of Marmora. The British are contident that if the mext twety-four hours pass without the firing of shots at Chanak or other points along the Dardanelles, all im- mediate danger of hostilities will have been avoided. This is the period of time estimattd to be required for Gen. Harington's journey and interview with Mustapha Kemal Allles to Send Commission. The allied high commissioners have decided to dispatch a _commission composed _of British, French and Italian officers to Rodosto, Lulu- lourgas and Adrianople, in Thrace, in order to exercise a pacifying in- fluence there. According to. the Exchange-Tele- ph, part of the French troops which' were withdrawn from Chat- aldja, and which have since been in Constantinople, will be used for the i defense of the European shore of the sporus. \ \ With their backs todthe straits, the British “forces in Chanak now look vut on three #ides upon the farces of Mustapha Kemal Pasha. By their recent fncursions the Turks have completed their ocupation of the neutral zone, “4n defl eat Britain's ultimatums, .dn max is swiftly approaching. . Gen. Pelle, French high commis- ‘sioner, has dispatched ‘an energetic jnote to Smyrna telling Mustapha - “Kemal that the British sincerely de- to avoid a conflict, but that ance will not be able to festrain them if they are attacked. The British are confident they can hold their lines agnihst any Kemalist attack, as_their flanks at Chanak are protected by a powerful fleet of war- ~hips, the long range%guns of which can sweep the area around the town for a distance of twenty miles, while the Turks at present are equipped only with machine guns in this sector. Among the British naval units are the superdreadnaughs Revenge and Reso- lutjpn, the most powerful men-of-war afida Searching for War Material. The British naval authorities are holding up all Greek and Turkish craft in the Bosporus and the Dar- wanelles, making minute searches for materials of war. The Greek battleship Averoff, which was taken from Constantinople by her mutinous crew, is proceeding through the ptraits unmolested by the Turkish | land batterle: Crowds continue to storm all the consulates and passport offices in the capital and some have been forced to close their doors or appeal to the police for protection. There is an un- ending stream of Greeks and Ar- menians outside the American con- {sulate, the line forming each day Dbefore dawn. In the last twent hours the Greek consulate has issued 5.000 visas. Every outgoing train and boat is filled_to capacity. Small fishing and merchandise boats are taking the verflow and their owners reapidg arie profits The prospect of war has brought (10 Constantinople newspaper corre- pondents of every nationality. The i'nited States leads with thirteen writers, Great Britain has eleven) France seven, Italy four and the rest are scattered among the smaller countries. The journalistic assaults upon Brit- ssh_headquarters have been so nu- merous of late that Gen. Harington has established daily half-hour coun- cils for the newspaper men, which are presided over by Maj. M. A. John- kton, who gained fame in the Meso- potamian campaign and subsequently made a sensational escaps afoot for several hundred miles from a Turk- ish prison camp. Censorship Is Threatened. With the aid of a map Maj. John- ston explains the significance of the various movements of the Turkish nd British troops and sets forth the turrent naval situation. \ General headquarters has occasion of late to complain of the exaggerat- ed and Inaccurate character of some 61 the reporu}whlch have gone out from Constantiliople, and officials say 3f this persists they may be forced to establish ascensorship. Gen. Harington and his staff get) little time for sleep or leisure these glirrlng days. The chief’s usual office ours are from 7 in the morning until Sung after midnight. - - When _recently a . London friend elegraphed him expressing solicitude for his health, Gen. Harington replied: “I'm fit as a fiddle. I swam the Bosporus _this morning. at daybreak in twenty-two minutes.” War Preparations Rusked. Several British armored cars of the most modern type rolled through the treets vesterday rnoon, giving fha capital a_vivid touch of war The Bosporus also took on & martial aspect when a giant - carrier and several additional mits of the Atlantic fleet, together awith threé troop transports, passed in to the golden horn. Thus_far, although penetrating the eutral area, the Turks have carried hite flags and slung their rifles up- ide down when’ near the British ines, their commanders assuring. the. British officers- they have mo inteni- tion of aggression. The British in Chanak are_ frankly embarrassed in the face of the con- tinued encroachments op their posi- tions -and are puzzled to‘know what 10 do, as they -have orders not to Th% These unoppesed invasions \ the Turks excellent opportunity for reconnoitering. Observers say fhe British have tience -and toler- i the 1 1 i ' Ordered to Join Fleet in Levant _,w,r,m@oob’ By the Associated Press, 3 LONDON, September 29.—A number of American destroyers in European waters have been ordered to proceed to the near ,east to augment the present American fleet, consisting of eight destroyers, two submarine chasers and the yacht Scorpion, ail operating in the eastern Mediterra- nean waters and the Black sea, it was authoritatively learned today. NORFOLK, V: eptember 29.—By nightfall the two destroyer divisions ordered to proceed from Hampton roads to the near east will be ready to sail when ordered, it was said to- day at the naval base here. Admiral Long, according to advices from Paris, will direct naval opera- tions of the United States in the neag, east should any ‘become necessary. TURKS SURROUND Amazing Situation as Troops of Both Armies Cross Neutral Lines. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chieago Daily News. . Copyright, 1022, CONSTANTINOPLE, September 29.— The situation along the Dardanelles continues -amazing. British troops commanded by Gen. Thomas Marden hold Chanak, while Turkish cavalry estimated to number from 3,000 to 4,000 occupy all the surrounding po- sitions. JThe Turks receive reinforce- ments daily and have taken pos- session of the heights dominating Chanak, though they have'not yet brought up ary artillery. Hold Rifies Upside Down. Thus far the nationalist troops have shown a friendly disposition and either carry white flags or hold the barrels of their rifles upside down when entering positions inside the neutral line. Every time & new na: tionalist detachment arrives it is met by a British officer, who protests against the infringement on the neu- tral zone., The Turkish officer stands at attention, takes due motice of the protest and promises to communicate to-“his commanding officer. After this brief ceremony the British with- draw, while the Turks remain. British Actually Surrounded. The process of infiltration continues, with the result that the British are actually surrounded by Turks, who, however, have oply & small” force. British and Turkish soldlers: cross the line frequently on -various excuses and get a good look into tho pe- sitions. This strange situation in- duced Gen. Pelle, the French high commissioner, to telegraph to Kemal Pasha calling his :attention to the possibility of clashes that might lead to incalculably grave results. Kemal replied that he had given his men strict _orders not to fire unless at- tacked: _Though no untoward incident has been reported -so far, ‘the situation obviously is grave. Kemal Pasha still refusés to recognize the-neutral zone, declaring that this®is Turkish territory and that the natlonalist gov- ernment never consented.to the es- tablishment of any such lines By the Associated Pregs. A few bleary-eyed crocodiles, a yard or sb in length, whose digestion en- ables them to chew up broom handles as a man would a delicately_ oaf tooth pick, may be “harm) in the legal sense of the word.When shipped by parcel post, but Postmaster A. L. Behymer of C nat!{ has-his own personal deubts about-the matter. In addregsiig the National Assoclation of {Postmasters here today. Mr. Be- ‘hymer explained that.live animals and vagious kinds of barnyard stock, under the law, were entitled to mail privileges if, ‘in transit, they wore badges_inscribed, “Harmless.” The~Cincinrati postmaster was in- clned to doubt that fair pos mistresses or & bevy of young woman clerks in the home post office would look upon a crate of live mice “harmless.” Also, "Mr. Behymer ap- rnrad not to:look .with serenity upon >some . being. VICE ADMIRAL A. T. LONG, U. S. N, | BRITISH-AT CHANAK Five Ministers Held For Army Defeat. GEORGE TAKES OATH; TROOPS AT PALACE Thrace Joins Revolution, Venizelists Named in \ New Cabinet. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 29.—Ex-King Constantine has been held prisoner in Athens pending arrangements for sending him .out of the country, ac- cording to messages received in offi- cial quarteds in Paris today. (An Athens message this morning saying the ex-king was not a prisoner indicated that while he may not have been technically imprisoned he was by no means a free agent, as it was sald the revolutionary committee had not yet decided what should be done with him.) Five Ministers Imprisoned. Five ministers of the Protopapada- His govern nent have been imprisoned, the messages state, charged with re- sponsibllity for the defeat of the Greek army in Asia Minor and the | succeeding events in Greece. Thesc ministers, it is declared, will be tried |by a military_commission. They are MM. Gounaris, Stratos. Theolokis, Goudas and Protopapadakis The ministers charge that the defeat iof the Greek army and the downfall of Constantine were due to a Veni- zelist plot, according toyfurther Te- ports reaching official circles. |PThe news from Athens says the city {is quiet and the new king definitely . power. GEORGE TAKES OATH. ' Tridmvirate in Actual Control of Greece Now. & By the Associated Press. ATHENS, September 20.—Crown | Prince George has taken the oath as | king, and Gréece, pending the for- mation of a new ministry, is being governed by twelve . officers repre- senting the army and navy. An ex- ecutive committee, a triumviggte gom- ?ouc‘ibo( Cols. 60:-&- t.ndnk 81 ;n or army, and Capt. Ph or the nlvy, !sy in &gt liréction: of the new regime. -Athens continues quiet, perfect order being maintained everywhere. 3 The n@tionallst movement, ag it is called, is absolutely nopspartisan, ac- | cording_to announcement by the ex- j ecutive committee. The British minister to Greece, Francis O. Lindley, ‘has asked to be received by the cxeeuyvo committee. It is reported that/the abdicated king, Constantine; former - Queen Sophie and Constantine’s brothers, Prince Nicholas an@g Prince Andrew, are to leave Athens today, but their destination has not been learned. | Prince Paul, younger son of Con- { stantine, probably will remain in Ger- many. General elections probably will be proclaimed next week. This morn- ing’s newspapers declare the revolu- tionary committee has informed ex-King Constantine that he must arrange for his departure as soon as possible. Decide on inet. After an all-night session the revo- lutionary committee decided to sub- mit to King George the names of a cabinet, with .Alexander Zaimis as premier and M. Politis as minister of foreign affairs. M. Politis held the foreign portfolio under Venizelos. The Greek army in:Thrace has defi- nitely joined the revolution. The army corps in the Epirus aiso has thrown in its lot with the revolutionists. TROOPS ABOUT PALACE. Revolutionists Bivouacked Royal Ground. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, September 28 (Thursday). —Dawn today found the troops of the reyolution bivouacked on the grounds of thé royal palace,”and a few hours later the revolutionary committee disem- barked from the battleship Lemnos (formerly “the U. 8. 8. Idaho), at Phaleron and marched into Athens tri- umphantly at the head of a section of the army. z Extrabrdinary scenes marked the ar- rival of the committee. Col. Gonatas and Col. Plastiras, the leaders, had difficulty in adyancing through the dense crowds filling the streets. Flowers were tossed before them and garlands forci- bly placed around their necks amid wild cheers from the multitude. The troopers were given the same reception. Word Sent to Venmizelos, \ A_telegram was sent to Venizelos, in" France, expressing gratitude for his services to the country, and ask- ing him to defend anew the interests of Greece with the great nations of Europe and represent Greece at the forthcoming peace conference. The former minister’s friends say the back- FIND MRS. MILLS' THROAT SLASHED 1Sti ke EPyaescq 7 = SOME OPTIMIST. . “Baby Guy” Banker’s Autopsy on Exhumed Body| ¥V indicated b y Deepens Jersey Double Murder Mystery. THREE SHOTS IN HEAD One Wound Made Public When Bodies Were Found Two - Weeks Ago. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J,, Septem- ‘ber 29.—Am adtopsy performed to- fay ‘on ‘the exhumed body of Mrs. Hleanor Reinhardt Mills, choir leader murdered 'two weeks ago with her pastor, Rev. Edward W. Hall, re- vealed, 1h ‘addition to three bullet wounds in the head, that her throat had been cut, and the jugular vein and windpipe severed. The published report of the first autopsy, made by Dr. William H. bod, er Long, ion the day the bodies w :!hm“ et found, said that only one bulle wound was found in the woman's head and-d¥d not mention the throat wounds. - It ‘was explained, in this con- nection, that this information was withheld from the public by direction of the authorities. Three Shots in Head. Four physicians and surgeons per- formed the autopsy today. They found that one of the bullets entered the centter -of the forehead near the hair, line, - one _entered the right upper cheek- and another the right temple seglon above the ear. . The wound in the throat was de- scribed as a “necklace incision,”™ made with'a very sharp knife. The carotid artery’ and the aesophagus were-cut, 28 well as the jugular and wingpipe. Ancthéer wound, resembling eome that might have been inflicted ty a spent bullet, was found on the |:°;bper lip. ‘Other than a few abrasfons on the left arm there were no marks on the bod; y- - Mrs. Hall Called “Devil” Mrs. Frances :Stevens Hall, widow of the slain; clergyman, was “a devil” in the eyes of Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, his choir leader, whose body was found: beside 'his nearly two weeks 0L - i .‘Thll information, with its bearing on arpossible jealousy motive -for the double slaying, was given detectives today by Miss Millie Ople, & neighbor of the Mills family., Miss Ople earlier had told of frequent telephone “con- versations between Mr. Hall and Mra. Mills and of many visits made. by the slain rector to the Mills home. & The devil incident, she recalled ‘to- dey, grew out of a pleasure trip to Point Pleasant, a Jersey coast resort. The party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Mills ‘was to start at 9 o'clock on the morning of July 12, Miss Opie sald. Discloses Petulance. ‘When Mr. Hall failed to call for her at the appointed hour, Mrs. Mills tele- phoned the Hall' home, turning awey with the petulant remark that Mrs. Hall - wanted “to make the «day: ‘ bone of -the evolution was the syme<| 3 ToCtuple Miss Ople: said.: pathy for Venizelos, but say he will (Continusd on e [5) Crocodiles By Parcel Post Draw Postmaster’s Fire|; stock” as @ part of the daily postal routine. 59 Lime Must Be Drawna. The evolution of. the. egg, he. feit, was not s bad, explaining that first the pagcel post handled crates of ©gEs, then the contents of .such -eggs after: hatching, in'‘the form of live Lchicks, only.to be followed by full grown chanticleers and_domestieat: motherly hens. But when dllnlotl.a and other gruesome: creatures happen along in the usual run of business and, as was the case recently at an Ohio post- office, escape. from their crate and wallow ‘about the offiee snapping broomsticks and otherwise glving vent to playful pranks, until reduced to the offielal - “ha; stage, he dac:vl.nfl‘ it' was about time “| were killed. S rmless’: fter ' the outing, she_said, : Mrs. that Mrs. umv'i told™ er “tha Hall: was'a ‘William “Stevens; * brother -of - Mra. Hall,-wss questioned again at.length ‘today, "bringing” to the courthouse with- “him- the = clothing he 'ware-on the night of the-double, slaying.:. He was examined dt length about spots. d by a cleaner to haye been on'orie of his. vests, sent out for.dry clean- ing since Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills Emerging from the courthouse, Ste- vens faced a group of reporters bel- ligerently, and - 3 I want yousfellows to stop calling me Willte. Call me William‘Stevens or Mr. Stevens. I want you: to ‘dis- tinotly understand that' I am not feeble. n uidon’t: bélfeve eme,” e oon- “;x‘f.‘y,o extracting ia* battered -black briar from his: pocket, “smell:thi "Ir. Hall's will was filed for prob in the Middlesex surrogate’s: cou yesterday. Dated July 17, 1921, it be-. queathed all his property to-Mta. Hall named her executrix. y board of lrsroldeu of Middle: gex county, on recommendation 'of. Prosécutor Stricker, today adopted Ll X mminded a2 1 am not & alssy.” |{hgs. action and - jhis children; that he has finll;ffl vised Referee’s Decision. Husband Declared Guilty of Misdeeds With Show Girl. By the Associated Press. s 7 W/V:W‘/‘._ggff)’ llman Divorce SN 4),?’* %WE RETYRNS, Plea Fails; Held Legitimate| Wife Is' i | OARMEE. N. Y. September. 28— James A. Stillman, formec president | of the Nationil City “Ssnk of New - York, was denied a decree in his suit for abeoluts divofus aguthet his wite, Anne U. Stillman, and baby Guy Stillman was declared legitimate, in the findings of Daniel J. Gleason, here today. Through his mother’s victory, Guy Stillman retains his rights’as an heir with his two hrothers and sister to the $6.000,000 tfust fund created for them by their grandfather, the late The referee’s decision' was a com- plete victory for Mrs. Stillman. Not only was her defénse upheld, ‘but the . referee also vonfirmed her charges that Mr. Stillman had mis- conducted himself with Florence H. Leeds, former Broadway show girl, and that Mrs. Leeds had borne two children. In regard to Mre Stililman's charges that her banker husband Pad also misconducted himself with two other women, identified only as “Helen” and “Clara, feree Glea- son deciled that the evidence was not sufticient ‘to prove the allega- fons. 5 . ‘Witnesses Discredited. ‘The referee wrote that the testi- mony adduced by Mr. - Stillman in .unrort_ of his charges that Mrs. A1) had misconducted herself with Fred Beauvais, Indian_ guide, alleged by the bfinker to- be the father of little Guy Stillman, .* contradicted and unexplained. was sufficient to justify him (Stillman) in believing Mrs. Stillman gullty of the charges made against her. S ‘A careful examination, however, of 11 the testimony,” said -his report; as shaken my faith and bellef in the testimony of the witnesses called in_the plaintiff’s beh: Two of the banker's attorneys, Col. ‘William Rand and Outerbridge Hor- sey, waiting to-hear. the decision in Mr. Gleason's office at Poughkeepsie, declined to say Whether they intend- ed to appeal from the, referee’s find- ings. \ oy ‘The referee held that Mr. Stillman had failed ,to overcome the presump- tion of legitimacy, “which is one of the strongest known to the law, and which, cannot be overthrown exocept by evidence which is stronger.” On the other hand, the report found the proof of Mrs. Stillman’s recriminating charges that her hus- band had supported, and maintained Florence H. Leeds as his wife, and that she had given birth to two chil- dren " “recogni: by hi been “so overwhelming and convincing that the plaintif’s attorneys frankly. stated’ to_the, referee that no denial ‘would ' be made of these charges.” Judge to Review Case. - ‘Mrs. gylw the referee. held, not| only _offered: evidenos ; tending . to establish ‘the. untruth.and. falsity of the - evidence of. misconduct ; by ; her, d Beauvals, but.also.presented dence tending to show . that age osA Mr,” Stillman offered inducemen o6f money- and position to witnesse: Who would' testify that his wife had sbehayed with the Indian guide. - In..conglusion, it was recommended that “t] plaintiff’s complaint should be dismissed. : * The referee’s report upon motion by either side. will go to Supreme Court Justice Morschauser for confirmation or rejection. It is expected that Jus- tice Morschauser will ‘upho! fl “Mr. Gleason. . A “This is a very: unusual action,”| said the report, “as it clearly appears. without; contradiction that . sinceat least: as early as 1916, and evervsince- the .continuance: of down to at apartments;- that ‘during - the period’ e has given birth to two childreny} who hgve been recognized by him as with motor cars and jewelry, supe: r bank account and-has borne the relations with her as a man ‘or~ s resolution offering a reward of{garily be: ,000 for detention, apprehension a4 '::d m&:n of the murderer, -The be paid; it the crime was committed. in Mid: referee im the case, which were filed . o agt the early part of 1921."* Alagge part of the report was: ds voted ito discussing Mr. *Stillman’ effort to show he could not havé been the. father of Guy Stillman and. to the:tektimony. of his witnesses that théyssw Mrs. Stillman and Beauvais misconducting . themselves. in- the months preceding -the infant's birth in-1918 at various places. including e Stfllman summer camp on the ks. of the St. Maurice river in GQuebee and on the banker's country esfate in the Pocantico hill “As the infant defendant, Guy.-Still- man, was concededly born in lawful wedlock the burden of establishing his_illegitimacy is upon. the -plaintiff and the plaintiff must. establish such illegitimacy by. clear and irrefragible proof-and beyond a reasonable doubt,” the report said. 2 Stillman’s Claim Discussed. “Thé presumption of fact of legitimacy is one. of the strongest known to law, and, of course, it cannot be overthrown except by evidence which is etronger. The burden of proof is upon the part) asserting illegitimacy, and the rule in a case Iike the present one nas been de- clared to be that it must be shown be. yond all reasonable doubt that the hus- band could not have been the father of the child.” Mr. Stillman, the report continued, “apparently realizing. the burder im- posed on him by law,” had sought by a number ‘of ‘witnesses to prove that his relations with Mrs. Stillman between Christmas of 1917 and March of 1918 (Guy was born -in November, 1915), preciuded the possibility that he could have-been the father. “It is claimed by the plainiiff,” the report continued, “that during the period from Christmas of 1917 to March of 1918 the plaintiff was never at the home of the adult defendant at Pleasant- ville and that there was no meeting at any other place which would have nat- urally permitted the usual intercourse between a husband and wife. ‘Wife’'s Defense Upheld. “To meet_ this proof, evidence has been offered on behalf of .the adult defendant that on January 6 and Jan- uary 27, of 1918, the plaintiff and d fendant were together at his res dente, Mondanne, Pleasantville, N. Y., and between the 12th and the 26th of February ‘the adult defendant, with her family, stayed at the St. Regis | Hotel, "in New York city, and on one 'or two occasions the plaintiff was ob- ~(Continued on page 2, column 2.) rdphécy . —ottimes is embraced in in- terpretation of worll events by ” Oliver Owen Kuhn B —in .his - articles appearin S each, week in . f The Sunday Star- 'One.year;ago last -June.<hy ;4 @ 9.Greece faces turbu-' lent times.. The work of ‘Venizelos : in ~the. peace con- ce: will have been nulled d all ‘inder King Constan- tine. T jrecian . statesman willchave the satisfaction of endous Greece. 1t -isv ex ingly lékely that . unless the: allies aid materi- ally . in ‘strengthening the 3 of~Constantine ~he will { ! decree is permanent. This means that | such drastic prohibitions as are im iHarding Senior Backs Democrat In Senate Race By the Assoclated Press. . DES MOINES, Iowa, September 29,—Dr. George T. Harding, father of President Harding, caused con- siderable comment here by a state- ment that if he were a resident of Iowa he would vote for Clyde L. Herring, the democratic candidate for United States senator: Dr. Harding, who is in Des Moines in connection with the G. A. R. encampment, has been the guest of E. T. Meredith, former Secretary of Agriculture, and has been entertained by Mr. Herring and other members of the demo- cratic party. Yesterday in an interview Dr. Harding said that the republican candidate for United States sena- tor, Smith W. Brookhart, was a socialist, adding that he did not want “to see him in Washington causing troGble.” ~ “We have enough of these social- ists in Washington now causing trouble, and we don't want any more of them,” he declared. STRIKES ENTER POLITICAL ARENA G. 0. P. Declared to Have Strengthened Positioh by Railway Injunction. 1 BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | CHICAGO, September 29.—Tilinois is 80 overwhelmingly republican that Senator Medill McCormick's re-elec- tion is assured, and there is far more interest in this community in the effect of ‘the injunction secured in the {federal courts here by the govern- ment against the railroad strikers. Briefly, the injunction is looked upon as epochal. Unless labor should succeed in setting it aside through reversals in the higher courts, the strikes on public utilities have at one fell swoop been declared taboo with- out any further legislation. That, however, is just the rub. Many of the critics of the injunction contend that {1t would be far better for America if | I posed by the injunction were really 1passed upon by Congre There is1 naturally a reaction agalnst the in- i junction in labor circles, but it is a ifact that the business community as {a whole welcomes the step as a start, jat any rate, toward the settlement iof industrifl dsput fthae, even if the in {fail 'to stand the test of the h judiciary, it will serve as a basis for action by Congress or the states. In other words, public sentiment against strikes on public utilities and in the industries which control the necessi- ties of life is rapidly crystallizing | and must be reckoned with in politict Harding Administration Strengthened ‘There is no question but that the Harding administration has been im- measurably strentghened among its own supporters hy President Hard- ing's veto of the bonus and the Daugherty injunction. The business men who contribute heavily to the ‘supporl of the republican party from year to year have always felt that the Wilsorr ~ administration catered to labor and that its successor must in a measure do the reverse. It was therefore with considerable disap- | pointment that the proposal of Presi- dent Harding to restore seniority rights to rall strikers was received. i Some business men went so far as to {say that the proposal was a surrender, “like the Adamson act.” Business men became critical of the administration. But the Daugherty injunction and the veto of the bonus turned the tide. Re- ports received by republican chief- tains from all parts of the country show that Mr. Harding boosted his political stock a good deal by the position he has latterly adopted. Labor Antagonised. What Mr. Harding: gains, however, among the business men is to some extent offset by the antagonism he !has earned on the labor side. The injunction fight is by no means over. The fight will be carried to the Su- preme Court of the United States. Attorney General Daugherty told the writer that he welcomed a thorough test of the injunction. The decree is, of course, based upon the famous anti-trust law of 1890, which makes it unlawful to restrain trade. One of the chief points brought out by the critics as-to the durability of the in- junction as a legal proposition is the contention that the acts complained of -by the Department of Justice are not federal but state offenses and that a conspiracy to violate state laws 1s not sufficient groynd for federal in- junctions. So the chances are when the injunc- tion is finally passed upon it will fur- nish a test on the broad principle of whether any act may be tommitted which Is in itself lawful—such as a meeting or the taking of a strike vote —if such an_act results in the re- straint of trade or the interruption of commerce. The Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers, Trainmen and Con- ductors, Who were not a party to the rail strike, up in arms about it. They are gathering here tRe best legal talent available to them to fight the injunction. They insist that as it tands now they cannot order astrike, and that it was never the intent of Congress to permit such a prohibition to be derived from the act of 1890 or subsequent statutes. . Legislation Is Likely. One thing is certain—if the high- er courts reverse the Daugherty in- juniction a movement will begin for the enactment of legislation just as drastic The injunction may be a bitter pill.to swallow and, from the r.viéwpoint, may contain many mfl'fll but, like all things that to_ extremes, it is the result of a and to some. extent embit- tered publig opinion, which sees two sides: contending ~perennially -while the public suffers and pays the bill. There. is some regret volced here that t'):.o_mmmlnmmml dia fit ‘to inquire more" y acts of the rallroad executives which in a beoad. way have “contributed causes of dissatisfaction among the workers and led indirectly, If not directly, to the strikes. To retain public ‘confidence some steps that will be convincing of the govern- ment's impartiality as between the factions are again and again point- ed out as inevitable. Naturally the government is trying its hand and experimenti and if the decree is not . broken down by legal action same higher: up, uUnQy the Sethod Wit be. tsed o prevent lock- SESSION HITCHED AT SYRACUSEBY FIGHT ON HEARST Smith Firm in Refusal to Run on Ficket With Pub- J lisher. MURPHY HAS HANDS FILLED WITH TROUBLES Gubernatorial and Senatorial Con- troversies May Be Settled Tonight. BL N. 0. MESSENGER. Staff Correspondent of The Stur. . SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 29.— The fourth gday of the negotiations and conferences over the guberna- torfal and senatorship nominations found Boss Murphy still impaled om the horns of his dilemmas, which seem to have as many prongs as an antlered stag. The chiefest of his problems continued to be to induce Mr. Smith, if nominated for the gov- ernorship, to agree to run on the ticket if Mr. Hearst should be named for the senatorship. At 10 o'clock this morning. leaders close to Mr. Murphy declared that indications strongly point to the nomination of Mr. Smith for the gov- ernorship. They were in a quandary as to the senatorship. The theory of nominating Mr. Smith is to give him a vote which he might regard in the nature of a mandate from his party and cause him to dissipate his objections to Mr. Hearst. Firm In Attitude. The latest reports of Mr. Smith's attitude, however, are that he is still firm in intention not to run with Mr. Hearst. There is strong pres- sure in the rank and file for the nom- ination of Mr. Hearst as senator, even in the Tammany delegation. One of the big democrats who is understood to have urged taking Mr. Hearst into favorable account is ! Norman E. Mack, national committee- man for New York. He is said to have contended that the party- could not afford to run over Mr, Hearst. It 100ks now as if the nominations will be made at a late hour tonight or in the gray of the morning. A tenta- tive plank in‘the platform favoring light wines and._beers is expected to cause a fight. The plank Is merely submitted and will be subject to a yote by delegates without the en- forcement of the unit rule. “Situation Unchanged.” When Col. William Green Sterret of Washington and Texas was attending 2 national convention he was ap- proached by Louis Seibold, the well known writer, at a stage in the pro- ceedings when candidacies were up in the air and asked what he knew. Assuming a profound air, the colonel replied: “Well, sir, 1 have consulted the cream of the journalistic fore- casters and the elect of the political sharps, and I find that the situation has not changed. In other words, none f' them knows a blessed thing about Which remark would have applied to conditions here at a late hour last night, after a day of fruitless confer- ences between the chief factor of this occasion, Charles F. Murphy of Tam- many Hall, and the respective sup- porters of Mr. Hearst and former Go Smith, the contestants for the guber- natorial nomination. One feature of these conferences has caome to be very conspicuous— that Mr. Murphy, in all these hours of con- fabulation, in which he has been the patient_listener, but without com- ment, has given ample opportunity for the opponents of Mr. Hearst to set forth In detail their reasons why Mr. Hearst should not be nominated, and their charges that his nomination would lore the democratic party the election in November. One might al- most have suspected. some method in his course: At the same time, however, fhe Hearst boomers were afforded an opening to point out to Mr. Murphy how desirable it would be to have the Hearst publications and the Hearst resources at the command of the party and how dangerous it might be if they were withheld. It may be taken for granted that this oppor- tunity was not overlooked by the Hearst spokesmen. Capt. Shuler in Field. ‘Washington may be said to have a candidate in the fleld. He is Capt. George K. Shuler of the Marine Corps, who has been stationed at the marine barracks in Washington for the past two years. He has an en- viable record of service oyerseas in the world war and is loaded with all kinds of medals and decorations. He would like to be nominated for the lieutenant governorship, and his candidacy received a boom when tire republicans put #h ex-service their ticket in thé person of van. Capt. Shuler's friends saw Boss Murphy last night and made a strong presentation of his case. The Tam- many chief listened attentively. Yesterday afternoon’s session of the convention, devoted to organization, was a tame affair as conventions have - gone. For ons thing, it has been ten years since the clans gathered in con- vention, having effected their nomi- nations in their primaries, and it was a novel experience to the younger generation. There was none of the old swing and rattle to the scene, but instead a subdued atmosphere pre- vailed. Possibly the far-famed and justly celebrated Mr. Volstead may have contributed something to the dullness. Occasion was presented, however, for an outline of the kind of cam paign the democrats intend to make in this state, whoever are nominated for governor and senator. In the keynote speech, delivered by State Senator Walker, Tammany leader in the assembly, a forecast was given of the harsh things the democrats pro- pose to say about the republican can- didate . for governor, the republican party.of the state and the republi- national administration ana * Elihu Root’s presentation of the record of Gov. Miller,’ the republican nominee for election as governor, which record is undoubtedly the strongest card the republicans of the state have in the coming campaign, ‘was hotly challenged and sought to be refuted. Three-fourths of the #Depk- rs' remarks were directed to a dis- . mad 3 el section and denial of. the cl the the